Surmang

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Surmang
Tibetan name
Tibetan: ཟུར་མང་དགོན་པ
Wylie transliteration: zur mang dgon pa
pronunciation in IPA: [suːmaŋ kø̃pa]
official transcription (PRC): Surmang Goinba
THDL: Zurmang Gönpa
other transcriptions: Surmang Gompa,
Zurmang Gonpa
Chinese name
traditional: 蘇莽貢巴
simplified: 苏莽贡巴
Pinyin: Sūmǎng Gòngbā

Surmang refers to a rural region within the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province in China (historically part of Kham, eastern Tibet)[1] and also a complex of nine or ten Kagyu monasteries in that area. The lineage held therein, known as the Surmang Kagyu, is a subschool of the Karma Kagyu, itself a subschool of the Kagyu lineage. The Surmang region is one of the poorest in China with almost 100% illiteracy.[2]

Surmang was founded about 600 years ago by Trungmase, a student of Deshin Shekpa, the 5th Gyalwa Karmapa. The 1st Trungpa Rinpoche, Kunga Gyaltsen, was a principal student of Trungmase. Surmang is the seat of the Surmang Trungpa tulkus, the line of incarnate lamas that heads Surmang and is particularly associated with the sub-complex Dudtsi-til. The Surmang Trungpa Rinpoches, the Surmang Gharwang (abbot of the largest sub-complex, Namgyal-tse), and the Surmang Tenga Rinpoches are together considered the "Three Pillars of Surmang." The present head of the Surmang monasteries is Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche, the 12th Trungpa Tulku.

The Surmang monasteries were largely destroyed during the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the subsequent Cultural Revolution.[3][4][5] In recent years Namgyal-tse has been largely restored under the leadership of the 12th Surmang Gharwang Rinpoche, and Dutsi-til is being steadily reestablished under the leadership of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of Shambhala Buddhism and son of Chögyam Trungpa, the 11th Surmang Trungpa.[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Surmang Foundation web site
  2. ^ Surmang Foundation web site
  3. ^ "The Surmang Project," Konchok Foundation website.[1]
  4. ^ "Trungpa Rinpoche XII and Surmang Monastery," Rokpa Foundation website. [2]
  5. ^ Born In Tibet (4th ed.) by Chogyam Trungpa. Shambhala Publications, 2000 ISBN: 1570627142 pg 153-4.
  6. ^ Konchok foundation fall 2006 newsletter

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